Floating rotatable fountain decoration

ABSTRACT

A floating rotatable fountain decoration having a basin, an agitator, a water pump, and an ornament wherein the water pump is employed to suck water within the basin for creating a circulating flow of water that passes through the agitator to impart rotational motion to its blades, thereby producing an eddy that brings the ornament floating on the surface of water within the basin in rotation. Meanwhile, the flow of water passing through the agitator is finally spouted out through nozzles upwardly to the ornament, thereby creating a fountain effect. Moreover, the fountain spouted to the ornament flows back to the basin, thereby producing a dynamic visual effect. Accordingly, three effects of floating rotation, fountain and flow of water can be combined in a body by simple mechanical means.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to a floating rotatable fountain decoration, andmore particularly, to a decoration employing a pump to create acirculating stream of water wherein a fountain can be spouted onto anornament. Meanwhile, the ornament is floatable on the surface of waterwithin a basin and rotatable on an inner tube.

2. Description of the Related Art

Most of conventional interior decorations are situated in a static statefor beautifying rooms and creating an appealing visual effect. In orderto improve the monotone feature in their design, a decoration withlocally dynamic effect has been developed to increase its attraction.

As shown in FIG. 1, a current type decoration includes a basin 11 over abase 10. An elaborate ornament 12 is disposed on the basin 11 forenjoying the sight of the ornament 12. Meanwhile, a water outlet 13 isprovided in the ornament 12 and a pump (not shown) is installed withinthe base 10 to suck water from the basin 11 and to discharge it throughthe water outlet 13. Accordingly, the water can return to the basin 11for forming a circulating flow of water. In this way, the room with thisdecoration is full of natural atmosphere. However, only the flow ofwater is dynamic while the ornament is stationary. Thus, the wholevisual effect is more or less restricted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is a primary object of the invention to eliminate the aforementioneddrawbacks and to provide a floating rotatable fountain decoration havinga basin, an agitator, a water pump, and an ornament wherein the waterpump is employed to suck water within the basin for creating acirculating flow of water that passes through the agitator to impartrotational motion to its blades, thereby producing an eddy that bringsthe ornament floating on the surface of water within the basin inrotation. Meanwhile, the flow of water passing through the agitator isfinally spouted out through nozzles upwardly to the ornament, therebycreating a fountain effect. Moreover, the fountain spouted to theornament flows back to the basin, thereby producing a dynamic visualeffect. Accordingly, three effects of floating rotation, fountain andflow of water can be combined in a body by simple mechanical means.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accomplishment of this and other objects of the invention willbecome apparent from the following descriptions and its accompanyingdrawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing of a conventional ornament with fountain;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the invention with the ornamentseparated from the basin;

FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing of the invention, showing the conversionof the stream force into a pushing force;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the basin of the invention; and

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the invention with the ornamentfloating on the surface of water within the basin.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

First of all, referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, a floating rotatable fountainornament in accordance with the invention includes a basin 20 and anornament 30.

The basin 20 is used for containing water 22. A plurality of supportbases 21 is provided at the bottom thereof.

The ornament 30 is provided at the top of the basin 20. The ornament 30includes a plurality of nozzles 34 for creating a fountain 35.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a water pump 40 is provided at the bottom ofthe basin 20. A suction pipe 41 is extended from the basin 20 to thewater pump 40 while a discharge pipe 42 is extended from the water pump40. The water sucked through the suction pipe 41 is discharged to thedischarge pipe 42. The discharge pipe 42 has a stopper 43 at the rearend thereof for driving the flow of water to pass through a first pipe44 to a agitator 50. The agitator 50 includes a set of agitating blades51 disposed on the internal surface of the basin 20. A rotating shaft 52of the agitating blades 51 is movable with a set of driving blades 53within a case 54 having a water inlet 55 and a water outlet 56.

Accordingly, the flow of water issues through the first pipe 44 into thewater inlet 55 of the case 54 so as to rotating the driving blades 53,thereby imparting rotational motion to the rotating shaft 52 that bringsthe agitating blades 51 on the surface of the basin 20 in rotation (seeFIG. 6).

As shown in FIG. 5, the flow of water passes through the water inlet 55into the case 54 and issues through the water outlet 56 out of the case54. Then, the flow of water passes through a second pipe 45 to theposition above the stopper 43 of the discharge pipe 42. At last, a jetof water is spouted out of an upright extension pipe 46.

Again, referring to FIG. 4, the bottom of the ornament 30 is providedwith a float 31 that rests on the surface of the basin 20. The float 31includes an inner tube 32 that is insertable into and rotatable in theupright extension pipe 46 of the discharge pipe 42. The inner tube 32movable with the float 31 is extended thereinto. A plurality of branchpipes 33 is radially extended from the inner tube 32. The nozzles 34 ofthe branch pipes 33 rise above the float 31 and are inclined in thedirection to the surface of the ornament 30.

Finally, referring to FIG. 7, the ornament 30 floats within the basin20. Meanwhile, the inner tube 32 is inserted in the upright extensionpipe 46 of the discharge pipe 42. In this way, the water 22 within thebasin 20 is sucked through the suction pipe 41 and driven out of thedischarge pipe 42 when the water pump 40 is activated. By use of flow ofwater force, the stopper 43 is employed to change the direction of theflow of water, that is, the flow of water passes through the first pipe44 into the case 54. So, the driving blades 53 of the agitator 50 arerotated by the flow of water to impart motion to the agitating blades51, thereby creating an eddy within the basin 20. Accordingly, theornament 30 together with the float 31 is floatingly rotatable on theinner tube 32. Thereafter, the flow of water within the case 54 isdriven out of the case 54 and passes through the second pipe 45 to theupright extension pipe 46. Then, it flows through the inner tube 32upwardly to the branch pipes 33, thereby spouting fountain 35 up throughthe respective nozzles 34. The water of the fountain 35 spouted onto theornament 30 flows downwardly back to the basin 20 by the gravity toallow an circulating reuse.

Based on the above-mentioned configuration, the ornament of theinvention creates a dynamic visual and a floating rotatable effect onlyby utilizing a water pump 40, thereby beautifying the appearance of theornament.

Many changes and modifications in the above-described embodiment of theinvention can, of course, be carried out without departing from thescope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and theuseful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limitedonly by the scope of the appended claim.

1. A floating rotatable fountain decoration comprising: a) a basin forcontaining water supported on a base; b) an agitator installed withinthe basin, the agitator having a set of agitating blades disposed on aninternal surface of the basin, a rotating shaft of the agitating bladesbeing movable with a set of driving blades within a case, the casehaving a water inlet and a water outlet; c) a pump positioned at abottom end of the basin for sucking the water within the basin andspouting it up to the surface of the ornament, thereby forming acirculating flow of water, the pump further having a suction pipe and adischarge pipe so that the water sucked through the suction pipe 41 canbe discharged to the discharge pipe, the discharge pipe having a stopperat the rear end thereof for driving the flow of water to pass through afirst pipe to the water inlet of the case, a second pipe being extendedfrom the water outlet to an upper position above the stopper of thedischarge pipe whereupon the flow of water issues through an uprightextension pipe; and d) an ornament having a float resting on the surfaceof water within the basin, the float further having an inner tube thatis insertable into the upright extension pipe of the discharge pipe andon which the ornament is rotatable, the inner tube movable with thefloat being extended thereinto, a plurality of branch pipes beingradially extended from the inner tube, the branch pipes each having anozzle that rises above the float and is inclined in the direction tothe surface of the ornament to create a jet of water.